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LAHORE, Pakistan — Pakistani police fired tear gas and charged at student protesters who ransacked a college building Thursday, as anger spread over an alleged on-campus rape. Tensions have been high on college campuses since reports about the alleged rape in the eastern city of Lahore went viral on social media, and protests have broken out in four cities so far. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The latest violence started when hundreds of students demonstrated outside a campus in the city of Rawalpindi in Punjab province.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — U. S. long-range B-2 stealth bombers launched airstrikes early Thursday morning targeting underground bunkers used by Yemen’s Houthi rebels, officials said. It wasn’t immediately clear what damage was done in the strikes. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] However, it is incredibly rare for the B-2 Spirit to be used in the strikes targeting the Houthis, who have been attacking ships for months in the Red Sea corridor over the Israel-Hamas war in the Gaza Strip. The Houthis’ al-Masirah satellite news channel reported airstrikes around Yemen’s capital, Sanaa, which the group has held since 2014.

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(CAPE TOWN, South Africa) — Months of drought in southern Africa triggered by the El Niño weather phenomenon have had a devastating impact on more than 27 million people and caused the region’s worst hunger crisis in decades, the United Nations’ food agency said Tuesday. The World Food Program warned it could become a “full-scale human catastrophe.” [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Five countries — Lesotho, Malawi, Namibia, Zambia and Zimbabwe — have declared national disasters over the drought and resultant hunger.

China unveils road map to become world leader in space science by 2050 South China Morning PostChina unveils its plans to turn its feats in space exploration into scientific advances ABC NewsXichang to build commercial spaceport to boost China’s launch capacity SpaceNewsFive themes, three stages: China releases first national plan for space science development by 2050 CGTNChina unveils first-ever space science development program Global Times

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